2025 Annual Report

New Grants Awarded in 2025

In 2025, the Health Foundation awarded grants to organizations across western and central New York to advance health equity, strengthen the nonprofit ecosystem, and improve the health of young children and older adults. View our recent 990-PF forms here.

Total Grantmaking in 2025

$6,780,094

$5,347,393

in committed grants and programming

$500,000

in MacKenzie Scott Funds

GRANTS BY VISION AREA

$1,299,668

Children 0-5

$2,227,683

Community Health Capacity

$1,570,174

Older Adults

$255,838

Other

2025 Awarded Grants

The following new grants were awarded in 2025. To read more details about these grants, please visit our website:

Addressing the Health Care Workforce Shortage and Strengthening the Nonprofit Sector

$500,000

Advancing Black Maternal Health Equity

$270,564

Age-Friendly: Go Local Program

$560,000

BetterAge Pilot

$104,500

Caring for Caregivers

$143,000

Erie Niagara Area Health Education Center: Birth Equity Project

$167,500

Family Engagement in Healthcare Pilot

$110,600

Health Equity Innovation Awards: Partnership with Univera Healthcare

$150,000

Health Leadership Fellows Program, Cohorts 13 and 14

$1,702,000

Imagine Nonviolence

$240,000

Inclusive Alliance: Doula Billing and Support Hub

$111,000

Liftoff WNY

$90,000

Nonprofit Support Group in Western New York

$267,551

Oswego County Help Me Grow

$180,000

PEDALS – Positive Emotional Development and Learning Skills

$537,000

StoryGrowing WNY

Up to $130,000

Team Alice: MedSEC program

$91,695

Universal Primary Care: Cattaraugus-Allegany Prenatal Perinatal Access Program

$150,000

USAging: Fostering Social Connection

$124,000

WNY Maternal Health Equity Project

$115,000

2025 Small Grants ($50,000 or less)

Arc GLOW – The Golden Years

$8,140

Association of Healthcare Journalists – Conference 2025

$18,000

Brunch N Bible Study – Wellness Sanctuary

$3,000

Buffalo Center for Health Equity – Igniting Hope 2025 Sponsorship

$10,000

Buffalo NAACP – Gala Sponsorship

$5,000

Buffalo Police Athletic League – Farm 2 Fork/Healthy Living Radio Content

$26,930

Buffalo Toronto Public Media – Support 2025

$50,000

Catch-a-fire

$50,000

Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation- RAM Clinic 2025

$5,000

Center for Elder Law and Justice – Master Plan for Aging Support

$32,666

Durham’s Maternal Stress-Free Zone – General Operating Funds

$30,000

Catholic Health & Center for Elder Law and Justice – Elder Mistreatment Screening and Referral Planning and Readiness

$29,107

End of Life Choices NY – Expanding Reach to Central and Western New York

$18,000

EPIC – Family Engagement in Healthcare Assessment

$14,656

Erie 1 BOCES – Erie County Youth Mental Health Summit Co-Sponsorship

$6,000

Friends of Lighthouse – Lighthouse Path Program

$21,300

Generations United Inc. and Buffalo Urban League – Supporting Grandfamilies in the Buffalo Area Planning Grant

$15,000

Grantmakers in Aging – 2025 Conference Sponsorship

$5,000

Grantmakers In Aging – Master Plan for Aging Steering Committee

$10,014

Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY – Capacity Building Consultant

$7,500

Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY – Endowment Match

$25,000

Human Services Leadership Council – Nonprofit Convening

$30,000

Ithaca Health Alliance – General Operating Support

$5,000

Kenan Center – Golden ACRES Expansion

$10,000

March of Dimes – Maternal Infant Health Report Card

$25,000

Medicaid Matters – Defending Medicaid

$50,000

National Witness Project – Stress Resilience, Psychological First Aid Training

$50,000

Oswego County – TIC Strategic Planning

$20,000

Oswego County Opportunities – Migrant Health Program

$22,000

MVP – General Operating Expenses

$10,000

Parkway Center – Wits Workout/Brain Health Initiative

$10,000

Project Guardianship – Supported Decision-Making for Older Adults

$50,000

Say Yes Young Scholars – Professional Development

$40,000

Schuyler Center – Oral Health Advocacy

$25,000

South Buffalo Community Association – Buffalo Senior Centers Collaborative

$5,000

St. Francis de Sales – Bahkita Center

$30,000

Tully Arts Council – Musical Memories Café

$15,000

UB School of Social Work – Social Work Address Firearm Risk

$17,496

Village Birth International – Sankofa Reproductive Health & Healing Center

$25,000

YWCA of Jamestown – NurtureNest Program

$37,845